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A source of confusion is the fact that the modern name "Kidron Valley" (Nahal Kidron in Hebrew) applies to the entire length of a long wadi, which starts north of the Old City of Jerusalem and ends at the Dead Sea, while the biblical names Nahal Kidron, Emek Yehoshafat, King’s Valley etc. might refer to certain parts of this valley located in ...
The Valley of Josaphat (Hebrew: עמק יהושפט, romanized: ‘Êmeq Yəhōšāp̄āṭ; variants: Valley of Jehoshaphat and Valley of Yehoshephat) is a Biblical place mentioned by name in the Book of Joel (Joel 3:2 and 3:12): "I will gather together all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: "Then I will enter into ...
1862 Map of Jerusalem showing the Valley of Hinnom, the Tyropoeon Valley, and the Kidron Valley as well as a few historic sites. Source Original publication: The Handwriting of God in Egypt, Sinai, and the Holy Land: the Records of a Journey From the Great Valley of the West to the Sacred Places of the East. By Rev. D. A. Randall.
The village of Silwan was located on the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley, above the outlet of the Gihon Spring opposite Wadi Hilweh. The villagers cultivated the arable land in the Kidron Valley, which in biblical tradition formed the king's gardens during the Davidic dynasty, [14] to grow vegetables for market in Jerusalem. [47]
Wadi al-Joz (Arabic: وادي الجوز; Hebrew: ואדי אל-ג'וז), also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City of Jerusalem. The population of Wadi Joz is 13,000. [1] It is located 750 meters above sea level in the Kidron Valley (Nahal Kidron).
Gihon Spring (Hebrew: מעיין הגיחון) or Fountain of the Virgin, [1] also known as Saint Mary's Pool, [2] is a spring in the Kidron Valley.It was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of Jerusalem.
[47] [48] The site has a good defensive position, as it is almost surrounded by the Central or Tyropoeon Valley to its west, by the Hinnom Valley to the south, and the Kidron Valley on the east. [49] The ridge is currently inside the predominantly Arab neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh, which is part of Silwan, an East Jerusalem suburb. [47] [48]
The Kidron Valley, which cuts through Silwan, was divided by its local inhabitants into three sections, proceeding from north to south; 1st Wady Sitti Mariam (Valley of My Lady Mary), 2nd Wady Fer'aun (Pharaoh's Valley), and 3rd Wady Eyûb (Valley of Job).